Reborn in Japan as a Chef God

"Here is my dish, please enjoy."

Ye Feizhou said.

The judging panel was full of appreciative gazes.

Lan Fengxian was the first to applaud: "Honestly, I've been watching you weave with bean sprouts, a technique that can be described as precise to the millimeter!"

"Ordinary people may not understand the difficulty of weaving dishes with bean sprouts. Bean sprouts themselves are tender shoots of soy, with a distinctive fresh and crispy taste. From what I recall, the original version of 'Phoenix Crystal' uses blanched bean sprouts for weaving, but you revolutionized the cooking process by adding caramelizing technique..."

This Dragon Chef paused, showing great interest: "Besides making the 'freshness' more prominent, you've also endowed the bean sprouts with incredible flexibility, allowing you to present such a labor-intensive classic dish in just two hours."

He immediately recognized it as 'Phoenix Crystal' and pointed out its uniqueness.

Ye Feizhou maintained his elegant demeanor.

"Indeed, the caramelizing improved the ancient recipe further." He replied.

"Just now, the water..."

The second Dragon Chef, Wise Man Karl, asked in stiff-toned Mandarin: "Is the caramelizing necessary?"

Wei Qinglian answered on behalf.

"That water is called 'Cold Water,' a specialty of our White Jade Tower, drawn from an ancient deep well. Its characteristics, as you observed, are not only coldness but also providing ingredients with an extraordinary elasticity beyond common knowledge."

Upon hearing this, the IGO big wigs' eyes lit up.

The ancient Chinese Realm has always been shrouded in mystery to outsiders, and this was Karl's first time stepping foot on this ancient land. He was hearing about Cold Water for the first time.

"Try it!"

The head judge, serving as the main judge, spoke calmly.

He was the first to pick up a pair of chopsticks, and others followed suit, directing their chopsticks to the phoenix standing solitary on the white porcelain plate.

The head judge's chopsticks reached the wings of the phoenix, delicately picking up some sugar-coated bean sprouts, seemingly without much effort, like a breeze going past, pulled out the magnificent feathers from the phoenix's body and sent them into the mouth.

"Crunch..."

An exceptionally crispy taste.

"Not bad!" The head judge gave a mild evaluation, causing Ye Feizhou's eyes to show surprise.

"Thank you for the praise!"

He quickly bowed.

The other judges also continued to eat, crunch, crunch.

First, the layer of sugar coat enters the mouth, and when the teeth press down, the sugar coat shatters.

Next, a hint of cold air leaks out, swiftly filling the mouth, seemingly just a thread, yet making one shiver as if doused in ice-cold water.

The mouth also appeared to be frozen.

However, as the chill escaped, followed by the juice that flowed out when the bean sprouts were bitten!

Bean sprouts, along with bamboo shoots and mushrooms, are known as the top three vegetarian flavors, and in terms of 'freshness', it's unrivaled among various vegetable and fruit ingredients.

Thus, the release of freshness by the bean sprouts in the mouth formed a ball of fire.

A resounding blaze of freshness!

Karl's eyes couldn't help but widen, filled with shock, "This, this is the power of freshness that revitalizes me!" He emerged from the frozen state, regaining full vitality.

Speaking from the ingredients, the original 'Phoenix Crystal' seemed to only use bean sprouts, could it be considered 'bland'?

While Ye Feizhou's 'Phoenix Crystal', based on the original, added the step of caramelizing.

As a result, when the condensed sugar coat breaks in the mouth, the subtle sweetness blends with the natural freshness of the bean sprouts, what would the situation become?

An indescribable stimulation!

Wei Qinglian and the fifth casual Lin Chef judge were both momentarily convulsed.

"Sweetness plus freshness... it has actually penetrated into every limb and bone!"

"What is that light coldness about? Uh, the flavor is so unique, it travels throughout my body from the mouth, I can't take it, I need another bite!"

The judges' joy resembled a cold winter with scarce vegetables and bean sprouts as the sole fresh savior.

Such was indeed the case.

The chill first brushed over the diners' bodies, washing away the excess colors, turning the canvas pale.

Then bean sprouts on the pale canvas, couldn't they be eye-catching?

Of course.

Bean sprouts dipped in sugar syrup, casually splashed drops on the canvas, as the dull sugar color gradually spreads, swoosh—

The food picture unfolded, and what the judges saw was a phoenix dancing gracefully.

Certainly bathed in flames.

Certainly boasted such graceful, nimble movements.

But why does the phoenix's elegant silhouette always seem just out of reach, elusive in sight?

"I can't see it clearly!"

Karl murmured, picking up another clump of bean sprouts from the phoenix with chopsticks for another bite.

The same vision persists, the phoenix always fluttering lightly beyond reach, as Karl watched the phoenix's shadow, as if observing an unparalleled beauty draped in light silk, stirring a strong sense of unresolved desire within, chopsticks rising and falling at a staggering pace.

The stirring desire wasn't limited to Karl alone.

Apart from the slow savoring, unaffected head judge, the remaining four judges all turned into the hungry travelers.

Soon.

The phoenix vanished, leaving only an empty plate on the judge's table.

Not a single feather remained, cleanly swept away.

After a while, Karl finally exhaled deeply, driving out the lingering phoenix's shadow in his mind, taking out a handkerchief to carefully wipe his mouth, then looked up at Ye Feizhou, expressing complexly, "Sugar, water, and bean sprouts can conjure such an elusive elegant taste!"

He praised.

"Why is that?"

Yet his voice turned sombre.

"I don't wish to question your 'culinary philosophy'!"

"I just want to know why such simple, extremely plain ingredients can create such an elegant taste!"

Ye Feizhou was mildly taken aback, then revealed a brisk smile:

"Because, that's the original taste of bean sprouts."

The camera focused on this five-time champion, Heavenly King Disciple, with everyone in silent anticipation, except Xia Yu busy at work.

"Isn't it amazing?" Ye Feizhou softly said, his pace giving a sense of unhurried calmness, "It's known that it's the sprout and root hairs that impart a slight earthy smell affecting its taste!"

"Hence, the bean sprouts here have had those parts pinched off, transforming them into fine sticks, akin to Sun Wukong's Jingu Bang, thus earning the alias 'Wishful dish'. And these treated 'Wishful dish', are already fundamentally transformed, needing no extra leaves to complement their high elegance."

"Moreover..."

Ye Feizhou chuckled, saying: "As Wise Man Karl just said, my 'Phoenix Crystal' is far from a 'Wishful dish' solo, it enhanced by the Cold Water, sugar syrup coupling, the trio together becomes..."

"The true Ice Crystal Phoenix!"

Dragon Gate Hall fell into a prolonged silence.

In the guest room, Yan Qi sighed while saying complexly: "He already explained briefly, but the elegance, is it solely from the 'Wishful dish' original taste? I doubt it."

Xia Qing spoke sombrely: "Starting with caramelizing, this technique also called pulling sugar, originated from Qilu, significantly influenced Shandong cuisine, primarily using white sugar, which can enhance the freshness of a dish."

"Brother Yan, you saw earlier, Ye Feizhou did 'water stir sugar', not 'oil stir sugar', I believe the sugar syrup mixed with Cold Water exponentially increased the freshness!"

Yan Qi nodded in agreement, "Indeed, 'water stir sugar'!"

The discussion ended there as they fell silent.

"Dang!"

Soon after, a bell signaling the end of the cooking phase finally broke the silence.